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Pharmacy student receives Cardinal Health Pharmacy Scholarship Award

Posted by Fred Steiner on Sunday, June 17, 2012

Ohio Northern University student Katie Westgerdes, a fifth-year pharmacy major from Coldwater, Ohio, is ONU’s inaugural recipient of the Cardinal Health Pharmacy Scholarship Award. The Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy was one of 13 pharmacy schools from across the nation selected in 2011 to receive funding from the $1.1 million Cardinal Health Pharmacy Scholarship Program.

This scholarship will help defer the costs of Westgerdes’ tuition at Ohio Northern. In addition, Westgerdes has been invited by Cardinal Health to attend and be honored at its annual Retail Business Conference in Orlando, Fla., in July.

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MG vintage sports car invasion

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 14, 2012

The MGs are coming to Ada! Dozens and dozens of the vintage sports cars and their owners will be in town over the weekend. Click here for all the details and weekend schedule.

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Time to starting planning your Lincoln Highway BUY-WAY yard sale

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 14, 2012

It’s almost time again to sign up for the Lincoln Highway BUY-WAY Yard Sale. 

This year the event runs from Thursday, Aug. 9 through Saturday, Aug. 11. Registration is free and easy and gets your yard sale advertised along with thousands along the historic Lincoln Highway that meanders through Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.  

Simply call the Ada water department at 419-634-4045 and mention your address and the days of your yard sale. 

On the week of the sale, Lincoln Highway BUY-WAY Yard Sale volunteers from the Ada area will plant an official yard sale sign in your yard (which they will collect after your sale). 

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Do your good deed today for the Ready, Set, Grow Preschool

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 14, 2012

Do your good deed for today and for Ada.

This request is from Ready, Set, Grow Preschool, 4171 State Route 235, Ada.

Jami Dellifield, school dirrector, tells The Icon "We are trying to use social media to win a $250,000 business grant for our preschool. We can use everyone's help!"

Here's how you can help: 

Click the link below, scroll down, log on with your facebook account, and look up "Ada, OH" and "Ready, Set, ...Grow Preschool."

Then hit "VOTE."

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New owners for Health Trends Gym and Tanning; grand opening June 29-30

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 14, 2012

Ada’s newest business owner is Ursula Minich of Alger. She recently purchased Health Trends Gym and Tanning at 123. E. Buckeye Ave. Minich and her daughter, Heather Winegardner, will operate the business.

The Ada Area Chamber of Commerce welcomed the new owners into the community with a ribbon cutting on June 5.

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History on a plaque

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 13, 2012

A concise history on one plaque. If you ever wanted to know the short version of Ohio Northern University's founding, check out the plaque on the ONU campus, on South Main Street.

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